I'm pregnant from Home insemination... Anyone else?

[duffyobrien]

We have to wait because our friend(doner/dad) arrives from England! But your right, its very difficult to wait. My sister to sent me a fertility monitor, it track every day of your cycle and apparently gives you a 6 day window of fertility. We're also armed with "The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy and birth" ! so bring on October!

Just a query though, do you think its true that the sperm should have the least exposure to the air as possible in order to be at its best? eg. placing a lid on as soon as possible after ejeculation? or am I over thinking it all?

[mum+mum]

WARNING!!!!!! Too much information to follow!!!!

They say in that book and one other, hold it close to your body and inseminate as soon as possible.
We were in our room, getting ready, the donor would be down stairs, do his business in the specimen cup, then he'd suck it up into the syringe, get the air out and deliver it to our door.
From ejaculation to insemination, was never more than 30 mins.
Then we would inseminate, make love, I'd have an orgasm then sit with my bum propped up on a pillow and legs up the wall for 20 mins.
Sorry for too much information but it worked for us.

[duffyobrien]

Brilliant. Thats exactly the info I was looking for!
Our donor will be just in the next room so we'll be able to follow a similar plan to what you guys did.
God I cant wait! Hope your queeziness subsides soon. Thanks a million for your help. Let us know how your pregnancy goes and finger crossed we'll be in the same boat soon.

[levi78]

Hi,

I will just throw my 5 cents worth in and add that we "did it" prior to insemination so as to ensure that everything was open and "ready" as they say.

Though clearly both ways work, this way and mum+mum's way - it is probably more essential that you have the exact window of ovulation right than the timing of "sex".

when i conceived my first child - there was no great "ORG" or actually any sex and it was at the donor's house.

But i will say this - i had blood ovulation monitoring with both babies and that surge is essential in getting the timing right - the "wee" tests didn't work for me and to save arguments and stress and anxiety with myself - i had bloods on both occasions with both conceptions and conceived on the first attempt with ovulation monitoring.

so hopefully that is helpful.

Best of luck,

cheers!
Levi

[duffyobrien]

Thanks guys
All information appreciated. I like the idea of making love then inseminating! but we'll give it all a go! ... sound like timing is everything.

[two]

Thanks guys
All information appreciated. I like the idea of making love then inseminating! but we'll give it all a go! ... sound like timing is everything.

I read that it doesn't matter if it's before or after because the sperm can live in you... plus the cervix opens in your fertile time, so orgasm just helps to let the sperm travel (the contractions of the orgasm) if done afterwards, and helps with opening if done before or after.

Or both

My big question (we start next time we get an O ... o for ovulation now, not orgasm!) is ... you get the + OPK on a certain day, which we've already tracked (say day 14). Are we meant to inseminate once we get the +OPK, or BEFORE we get the +OPK? I'm looking into it at the moment, but welcome any thoughts. I'm so damn excited (I'm hopefully a non-bio mum to be).

[two]

I think I just found the answer, so ignore my ignorance

Once I detect my LH surge, when should I have intercourse?

A: It's best to have intercourse the day of the LH surge and the two days after. Also consider "insurance" sex for one more day in case you ovulate late. Perfect timing would be to have had intercourse the day before the LH surge as well, but that can be hard to predict for those with an irregular cycle. If you don't know when you might ovulate, having sex every other day from cycle day 10 through a positive OPK. If you are taking your basal body temperature, you should have sex through the first day of your temp rise to make sure you cover all days (though after the rise is usually too late).